Tag: 401k

The Hartford Financial Services Group has unveiled an enhanced 401(k) aimed at the small- and medium-sized market segments and plans with up to $10 million in assets.

Putnam Investments unveiled a new defined contribution platform for advisers and their plan sponsor clients.

Contributions to 401(k) plans went up nearly 1% since 1988, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).

The release of the Federal Reserve’s 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) came too late to provide an accurate picture of the 401(k) plan landscape.

A Los Angeles-based firm has rolled out a retirement plan customized for small business owners.

PT Marketing said its new 401k Appointment Setting program introduces financial service and insurance professionals to companies with 401(k) programs.

I’ve spent most of my life, certainly my adult life, confident that Americans, certainly in large part, are reasonable and rational.

Reliance Trust Company, a division of Reliance Financial Corporation, has introduced a new 401(k) plan aimed at plan sponsors with a minimum of $25 million in plan assets.

A new firm has formed with the goal of educating employees about their 401(k) retirement plans.

ijoin has introduced a new turnkey 401(k) enrollment solution it says will offer greater efficiency and effectiveness while helping participants make sound investment choices.

The Denver-based ePlan Services announced it has been selected by SunTrust Banks to help develop an online 401(k) for the small end of the retirement plan market.

Citing an “extremely tough business climate in 2009,″ Richmond, Virginia-based Media General said it will stop matching employee deferrals to its 401(k) retirement plans starting April 1.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., a maker of computer chips, said it is suspending its 401(k) match because of a decline in demand for computers.

Upscale retailer Saks has joined a host of U.S. employers in suspending its 401(k) match as part of a broad $50-million to $60-million cost-cutting campaign that includes axing...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a new publication to help small employers understand automatic enrollment for 401(k) plans.

Auto-parts supplier Visteon Corp. announced it would suspend its 401(k) match as well as its salary increases in the face of slumping sales.

An Atlanta-based industrial-cleaning chemicals company became the latest employer to call a temporary halt to its 401(k) match in a cost-cutting drive.

The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has announced it will suspend future annual and merit pay raises and stop company match contributions to its 401(k) retirement plans.

A New York oscilloscope maker is the latest employer to put its 401(k) match on hold as part of a cost-cutting effort.

A few decades ago, I suffered a nasty skiing accident.